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==Norfolk== {{See also|Maps of castles in England by county: LβW#Norfolk|label 1=Map of castles in Norfolk}} Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:<ref name="King"/> {{flatlist| *[[Buckenham Castle|Two Castles at Buckenham]] *[[Denton Castle]] *[[Dilham Castle]] *[[Gresham Castle]] *[[Horsford Castle]] *[[Hunworth#History|Hunworth Castle]] *[[Middleton Mount]] *[[Mileham|Mileham Castle]] *[[North Elmham Castle]] *[[Thetford Castle]]<sup>β ;</sup> *[[Wormegay Castle]] }} <sup>β </sup> The surviving motte of Thetford Castle is one of the highest in England,<ref>Brown (1962), p.59.</ref> about {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}} high.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=382972 "Thetford Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005185258/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=382972 |date=2012-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> {{Sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" width="100%" !width="12%"|Name !width="10%"|Type !width="8%" |Date !width="10%"|Condition !class="unsortable" width="94"|Image !width="10%"|Ownership / access !class="unsortable"|Notes |- |[[Baconsthorpe Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1401|15th century}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Baconsthorpe Castle.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=131989 "Baconsthorpe Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007035108/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=131989 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Burgh Castle Roman Site|Burgh Castle]] |Motte and bailey |{{sort|1101|12th century}} |No visible remains |[[File:The Roman fort of Gariannonum - view northwest - geograph.org.uk - 693481.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} / Norfolk Archaeological Trust |Site of medieval motte and bailey castle within surviving walls of [[Roman fort]] of [[Saxon Shore]].<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1397355 "Burgh Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009125818/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1397355 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Caister Castle]] |Quadrangular castle |{{sort|1432|1432β46}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Caister Castle - geograph.org.uk - 808658.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}} |Moated, largely brick, built by [[John Fastolf]], a relatively intact {{convert|90|ft|m|abbr=on}} tower remains.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=134161 "Caister Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009074651/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=134161 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Castle Acre Castle]] |Motte and bailey |{{sort|1001|11β12th century}} |Fragmentary remains |[[File:Castle Acre - geograph.org.uk - 578483.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} English Heritage |Extensive earthworks.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=357930 "Castle Acre Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201155652/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=357930 |date=2016-02-01 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Castle Rising (castle)|Castle Rising Castle]] |Keep |{{sort|1138|c. 1138}} |Ruins |[[File:Castle-rising-castle.JPG|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} [[English Heritage]]/[[Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising|Lord Rising]] |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=356450 "Castle Rising Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007035119/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=356450 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Claxton Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1301|14β15th century}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Claxton Castle.jpg|90px]] |Private |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=133418 "Claxton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007035130/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=133418 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Norwich Castle]] |Keep |{{sort|1095|c. 1095β1110}} |Intact |[[File:Norwich Castle - geograph.org.uk - 208494.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HM|[[Image:Museum icon (red).svg]]}} Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service |Prison during 18β19th centuries.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=132268 "Norwich Castle"] {{webarchive|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20101230021231/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=132268 |date=2010-12-30 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Oxburgh Hall]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1482|c. 1482}} |Intact |[[File:Oxburgh Hall 20080719-05.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HH|[[Image:HH icon.svg]]}} National Trust |18th- and 19th-century additions.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=356967 "Oxburgh Hall"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007035142/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=356967 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Weeting Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1001|12th century}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Weeting Castle - geograph.org.uk - 2377269.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=380175 "Weeting Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009074705/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=380175 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |}
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